Mining-pump attachment



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' B. CHALUNER.

MINING -PUMP ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Aug. 20, 1898. (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES l ATENT OFFICE.

BURT CHALONER, OF ANACONDA, COLORADO.

MINING-PUMP ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,938, dated February 21, 1899.

Application filed August 20, 1898.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BURT CHALONER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anaconda, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mining-Pump Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

In pumping or raising water from mines it is the usual custom to locate the pumps or pumping-engines .in the bottom of the mine or at such points where water accumulates and connecting the same with discharge-pipes extending to the top of the mine. This system is very defective, the principal objections being the cost and labor in placing the pumps in the mines, the liability of the same to get out of order owing t0 the valves connected therewith and the difficulty of making repairs, and the danger of the pumps being injured by falling rocks or by flying fragments caused by blasts.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved water-elevating apparatus which is without valves and which may be located in a mine and operated by a pump at the outside of the mine.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a water-elevating device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations showing slightly-modied constructions. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the jet-pipes and plug.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a pipe adapted to be connected with a pump at the outside of a'mine and to extend down into the mine to any point found desirable or convenient. At the lower` end this pipe is connected by a coupling 2 with a horizontal pipe 3, which is connected by a similar coupling 4 with a short pipe 5. This pipe 5 is connected with a T-coupling 6, provided witha nipple 7, with which is connected a flexible hose or suction-pipe S, leading to the point or place where the water to be elevated has accumulated. The upper end of this coupling 6 is connected with a pipe 9, leading to the exterior of the mine. Located in the pipe 5 is a plug 10, preferably consist- Serial No. 689,083. (No model.)

ing of a short cylinder closed at the top and provided with screw-threads 12, engaging with corresponding threads in the interior of said pipe 5. It may be secured thereto by rivets or other means if found convenient or desirable. Connected with said plug are three jet-tubes 13, which communicate with said plug and extend a short distance above the top of the'coupling 6. More or less of these j et-tubes, however, may be employed, as their number is immaterial. The pipe 1 is a supply-pipe for carrying water to the jet-tubes, While pipe 9 is a discharge-pipe for carrying the water away therefrom. The hose is a suction-hose and its outer end may be provided with a strainer. (Not shown.)

In the modiiication shown in Fig. 3 two discharge-pipes are shown, and in Fig. 4 three discharge-pipes. The construction and operation are otherwise the same as shown in the other gure.

The operation is as follows: Water is forced down the supply-pipe from a pump or other means of supply and will escape through the discharge-pipe, tending to produce a vacuum in the suction-tube. This will cause Water from the mine to be sucked into the dischargetube, which meeting with water from the jet-tubes will be carried up the dischargepipe to the exterior of the mine.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 two and three discharge-pipes, respectively, are employed, so that the hose connected therewith can be used to suck up water from different places.

Vhen the apparatus is provided with two or more discharge-pipes and it is only desired to use one of the same', the nipples on the pipes which are not to be used are removed and the jet-tubes disengaged from the plug and the holes of the latter closed by screwplugs.

From the'abov'e it will be seen that there are no valves to get out of order and the apparatus may be readily carried down into the mine and set up at a very small cost and with very little trouble.

It is obvious that many modifications in the details of construction may be made without affecting the character of the invention and that instead of the pump being connected directly with the supply-pipe it may be con- IOO nected with a receiver similar to that used with an air-compressor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Ivclaim is- 1. In a water-elevating apparatus, the combination with the supply-pipe, the dischargepipe and connections, and the coupling connected with said discharge-pipe, of the suction-pipe connected with said coupling, the screw-threaded plug and the jet-pipes connected therewith and extending up above said coupling, substantially as described.

2. In awater-elevatingapparatus, the combination with the supply-pipe, and the series of discharge-pipes, and the couplings connecting the said supply and discharge pipes, of the suction-pipes connected with said couplings, the screw-plugs and the removable jettubes connected with said plugs and extending up above the coupling, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

BURT CIIALONER.

Witnesses:

JOHN KILLAiyn AARON W. SINDLINGER. 

